EYNARD, , Jean Gabriel, French
banker: b. Lyons, 1775; d. 1863. For his
in the outbreak at Lyons against the
Convention, Eynard became persona non grata
to the authorities and sought aslyum in
Switzerland and later in Genoa, where he amassed
a fortune. In 1810 he removed to Geneva, and
was Ambassador of the Geneva Republic at
the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the following
year he helped to organize the administration
of Tuscany, which he represented at the
Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1818. He
advocated the independence of Greece and for his
services to this cause was made a Greek citizen. His personal contribution to the Greek revolutionaries amounted to Fcs. 700,000 ($140,000). His recommendation of Otho of Bavaria for the throne of Greece was adopted. He bequeathed his fortune of about $12,000,000 to various charitable enterprises. He wrote ‘Lettres et documents officiels relatifs aux divers événements de Grèce’ (1831) and ‘Vie de la baronne Krüdener’ (1849). Consult Rothpletz, ‘Der Genfer Jean Gabriel Eynard als Philhellene’ (Zürich 1900).